The Western myth of redemptive evil: understanding politics in the framework of Islam
Introduction: This may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but I encourage you to give it a go. Whether this is Islamic teaching, or not, I don’t know. I am not of that faith. What is true though is that if I arrived from outer space, and saw the contradictions in Christianity as explained here, I would also think it makes no sense. Again, this is not a religious treatise but an analysis of the problem with western morality. Shahid Bolsen analizes from a Muslim perspective. There are many truly funny quips and comments but one has to listen for them. The video is at the end.
The Problem with Western Morality
The fundamental myth of Christianity, the crucifixion story, teaches that the good and innocent must be sacrificed to redeem the evil. This myth has guided Western morality for centuries, leading to a twisted concept of goodness and innocence.
The idea that the good must be slaughtered to save the evil is insane and has led to a moral confusion in the West.
The Source of the Problem
The source of this perverse idea is Shaytaan, who hates goodness and decency.
Shaytaan’s hatred for upright conduct and morality has been translated into the concept of redemptive suffering and sacrifice.
This concept has been Christianized and spread in Europe, leading to a tradition of sacrificing the pure and innocent.
The Consequences
This moral confusion has led to a cycle of corruption and rejection of values in the West.
The West has developed a hatred for goodness and innocence, manifesting in policies and actions towards the global South and in their own countries.
The concept of freedom in the West is actually a license for immorality and hedonism, leading to a lack of moral accountability.
The Need for Liberation
The people of the West need to be liberated from their moral chaos and confusion.
They need to escape the box of moral chaos and confusion that they live in.
They need moral liberation, not just a superficial struggle against the ruling elite.
The Importance of Islam
Analyzing geopolitics informed by Islam is crucial for understanding the world accurately.
Islam provides a framework for understanding the role of Shan in Western history, culture, and religion.
Abandoning this framework would lead to a lack of coherent understanding and accuracy in analysis.
I’ll weigh in. With an opinion. The Hebrew law said don’t do to others (presumably members of the tribe!) what you wouldn’t like done to you. A prohibition, a negative. If we take the mythic words of our rebellious carpenter seriously, he proposed a change to the positive Do to… Read more »
I’m not sure he actually makes his case. It seems he thinks that accepting the abuse of evil is held in the West to redeem the evildoer – the highest example of this being Jesus on the cross forgiving his enemies. But I don’t think that “turning the other cheek”… Read more »
Wonderful Grieved, thank you for putting this into words. This is a spiritual and practical understanding. Turning the other cheek can be an act of integrity not acquiescence. Of necessity forgiveness is always to free one’s self, as there is never a guarantee that justice will prevail and the forgivee… Read more »
I’m not sure I accept his premise but have often thought that the idea of soaking up insults whilst remaining ‘virtuous’ and benign towards the aggressor serves no one well. So if you will it’s not the offending party that is redeemed it’s the poor sucker on the recieving end… Read more »
This reminds me of Michael Hudson talking about Christianity being about debt forgiveness and how that message got corrupted.
My general problem with most religions is that they teach that evil will be punished once that person dies, so act good and leave them be.
The concept of redemptive evil made sense to me, having grown up in Christian climes. It is very real. Any comments about the central thesis here? And also comments on his thesis that moral confusion in the west has led to a cycle of corruption and rejection of values, a… Read more »
Dispell the phoney myth. The oppressors crucified the rebels by the thousands, according to the archeological records Ward dug up and published in 1888, not just one good guy … https://archive.org/details/the-ancient-lowly-1/The%20ancient%20lowly%201/mode/1up
Thank you for this.
Bolsen is very good on social/moral issues, not so good on geo-political analysis.
A few months back he referred to Russia as a declining power.
I find even more shocking his moral cloudiness on Salafis. In the rush to support Islam, he not only overlooks but asks others to overlook the sea of crimes of the GCC, Egypt and others because of their “Islamic leadership” and need for “unity.” This is ridiculous. One cannot win… Read more »
Oh, the man’s own white plastered gravestones are jumping all over him in long treatises designed to tell everyone how absolutely wrong he is and at times, even mock him. He is going to be beaten to a pulp by the religious equivalent of paper pushers. But he explains western… Read more »
Yes, he reminds me a little of Caitlin Johnstone in that he cuts to the heart of a hypocritical position in very few words.